Hej! Scandinavia Film Series: Zero Kelvin (Kjærlighetens kjøtere)
Zero Kelvin (Kjærlighetens kjøtere)
dir. Hans Petter Moland, Norway, 1995, 35mm, 135 mins, color, Norwegian w/ English subtitles
Visually stunning and psychologically intense, Zero Kelvin is a one-of-a-kind achievement, an existential thriller played out against the bleakly beautiful landscapes of Greenland. The ensemble cast includes some of Scandinavia’s top stars and a tour-de-force performance by the great Stellan Skarsgård. Henrik Larsen (Gard B Eidsvold) is a young writer living in Oslo, Norway, who looks to broaden his horizons with travel and adventure. He leaves behind his girlfriend (Camilla Martens) and joins a fur-trapping expedition that includes himself and two enigmatic men – a sailor Randbæk (Skarsgård) and a scientist Holm (Bjørn Sundquist). The cunning, vulgar Randbæk soon becomes Larsen’s nemesis and the writer must use all of his strength and wit to survive in a physical and psychological wilderness. Cut off from civilization, the men face the elements and each other with increasing difficulty, leading to a violent and harrowing climax.
A psychological thriller set in the context of a tense story of survival, Hans Petter Moland’s Zero Kelvin is the rare exception to the genre – a thinking person’s adventure film.
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